Cymén
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Faul
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Sume án word wið nædran bíte lǽraþ to cweðenne, ðæt is, Faul some teach us against bite of adder to speak one word, that is, Faul, L. M. 1, 45; Lchdm. ii. 114, 2
formesta
Foremost ⬩ first ⬩ best ⬩ most valiant ⬩ prīmus ⬩ strēnuissĭmus
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Foremost, first, best, most valiant; prīmus, strēnuissĭmus Wæs he se wer se formesta ĕrat vir ipse strēnuissĭmus, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 37
frum-sceaft
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Substitute: and add: a first shaping, birth Þé wǽre sélre . . . þǽr þú wurde ǽt frymþe (frumsceafte, v. l.) fugel . . . þonne þú ǽfre on moldan man gewurde it had been better for thee . . . if thou hadst been born a bird . . . than that thou shouldst
hund-feald
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Add: — Heó næfð þone wurðmynt þæs hundfealdan wæstmes, Hml. A. 34, 250. Hé underféhð þá méde be hundfealdum edleáne, 15, 51. Hundfealde méde, 21, 186 : Hml. Th. i. 148, 18. Tén ðúsend síðan hundfealde ðúsenda him mid wunodon decies millies centena millia
bric-
a bridge
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a bridge
hird
retinue, ⬩ court
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Dis geár heáld se kyng Heanri his hird on Windlesoure this year king Henry held his court at Windsor, 1127; Erl. 255, 1.
Linked entry: in-hirdmann
boðen
Rosemary, darnel ⬩ rosmarinus, rosmarinus officinalis ⬩ lolium
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Ðeós wyrt ys boðene gelíc this herb is like rosemary, Herb. 149, 1; Lchdm. i. 274, 6. Boðen lolium, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som, 77, 30; Wrt. Voc. 55, 35
græf
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Ðonne þú græf habban wille, þonne sete þú þíne þrí fingras tósomne swilce þú græf hæbbe, and styra þíne fingras swilce þú wríte, Tech. ii. 128, 6. [From Latin graphium.] Add
efn-éðe
Equally easy ⬩ æque făcĭlis
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Equally easy; æque făcĭlis Is efnéðe up and of dúne to feallanne foldan ðisse it is equally easy for this earth to fall up and down, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 333; Met. 20, 167
ful-scrid
Full quick ⬩ very swift ⬩ velocissĭmus
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Full quick, very swift; velocissĭmus Is ðes bát fulscrid, fugole gelícost glídeþ on geofone this boat is very quick, it glideth on the ocean most like to a bird, Andr. Recd. 996; An. 496
ge-dafenlíce
Fitly ⬩ properly ⬩ justly ⬩ dĕcenter ⬩ convenienter ⬩ juste
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Fitly, properly, justly; dĕcenter, convenienter,juste God gewræc swíðe gedafenlíce on ðam árleásan men his árleáse geþoht God very justly avenged his wicked thought on this wicked man, Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 33
cild-hád
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Sé þurh his cildhádes nytennysse þis ríce tóstencte, Lch. iii. 434, 26. Seó forme wæcce is on cildháde, Hml. A. 52, 67. Add
forþ-sige
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Departure from this world to the lower regions (?) Efter his áwyrgedan forðsige (-síþe?) ligce hé ǽfre on helle grundleásan pytte post maledictum exitum suum crucietur jugiter in profundissimo puteo, C. D. iv. 52, 8
Linked entry: sige
úp
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This form seems very doubtful. For upne in Sat. 199 perhaps uppe should be read; cf. Hí wiston Drihten écne uppe, Dan. 195 ; and in Ps. Th. 81, 6 uppe-godu may be taken
gafol-gildere
a debtor
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a debtor, v. gafol,(8),(7), Gif ðú wilt þæt þis feoh becume tó ðínre sáwle ðearfe, tódǽl hit ðearfum and wanhálum, wydewum and steópbearnum and hafenleásum gafegyldrum, Hml. Th. ii. 484, 33. Add:
Linked entries: gildere gafol-gilda
cyrf
A cutting off, an instrument to cut with ⬩ abscissio, ferrum abscissionis
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Be ðisum cyrfe of this cutting, Homl. Th. ii. 406. 33. Cyrf ferrum abscissionis, C. R. Ben. 40
deór-wyrþnes
Preciousness, a precious thing, treasure ⬩ res prĕtiōsa
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Preciousness, a precious thing, treasure; res prĕtiōsa Mid eallum deórwyrþnessum with all precious things, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 31. Ðe ða frécnan deórwurþnessa funde who found the dangerous treasures, 15; Fox 48, 24
Fearn-dún
Faringdon, Berkshire? or Farndon, Northamptonshire?-Hér Eádweard cing gefór on Myrcum æt Fearndúne in this year [A. D. 924] kind Edward died in Mercia at Farndon
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-Hér Eádweard cing gefór on Myrcum æt Fearndúne in this year [A. D. 924] kind Edward died in Mercia at Farndon, Chr. 924; Th. 198, 1, col. 2, 3
ge-mundian
to protect
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Gemunde ðisne heáp protect this assembly, H. R. 103, 31